You can use the built-in statement exec (http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.1/ref/exec.html) : # Blob = ['Var1', 'Var2', 'vAR3'] # i = 5 # for listitems in Blob: # i += 1 # exec('%s = i' %listitems) # # print Var1, Var2, vAR3 Regards, Pierre